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Happy birthday to Miss A
Posted on: January 25, 2013
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It was Miss A’s birthday this week. She turned 3. I think every mother sits back and asks where the time went. It certainly doesn’t feel like 3 years ago! In any case, I made her a special birthday lunch, and her Easy LunchBoxes container came back empty which is always a sign of success to me.
I used the LunchPunch birthday cake cutter on Rudi’s Whole Wheat bread. Inside is Justin’s Almond butter with a bit of agave nectar. I cut a 3 out of Stretch Island fruit leather and used a tiny heart cutter for the flames of the candles. On either side of the sandwich are heart picks of organic blueberries. In the top left compartment are 3 pineapple chunks and three candle cupcake picks and in the top right are 3 number 3 pieces of watermelon and a date and raisin ball rolled in coconut.
Her favorite present? A Stitch action figure which I found on eBay. He speaks alien, makes laser gun noises and comes with green alien drool. I know, I’m not winning mother of the year in some people’s eyes, but she LOVES her Lilo and Stitch Disney movies.
Miss G wanted to make her own lunch today so I obliged. She had a cupcake shaped sandwich with the same LunchPunch set. She filled it with chocolate almond butter and cut a fruit leather cherry for the top. She also has organic blueberries and ice cream cone shaped watermelon pieces in her Easy Lunchboxes container.
My husband is having last night’s leftovers of barbeque black eyed peas, beans and vegetables. It’s as simple as it sounds. Cook black eyed pease and your favorite beans (I used pintos) or open the can & dump into a skillet. In a separate skillet I cooked 2 carrots chopped, 1 shallot finely chopped, 1 cup of peas and 2 turnips and sauteed them in a separate skillet until cooked. I used about a 1/2 cup of barbeque sauce and coated the beans while heating them. When the vegetables were done cooking, I merged the two and coated it all with the barbeque sauce. Dinner is served! In the top left are pineapple pieces and in the right compartment are watermelon pieces in his Easy Lunchboxes container.
Please click on each photo to find out where I bought tools I used to make this lunch:
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Lunch can get boring for little kids so why not put it on a stick. It’s amazing how they’ll eat something new just because it looks different. I realized the other night that other than birthday parties, I’ve never done a lunch on skewers.
I used 8″ wooden skewers and broke them at the end to fit the size needed. I made little square almond butter and agave sandwiches with grape tomatoes inbetween. The fruit skewers on either side are green and red seedless grapes and raspberries. At the top left are cashews and dried cranberries and the top right are snap peas and mini carrots packed in her Easy LunchBoxes container.
For a snack at school today, Miss G has a butterfly container with mini carrots and one of the new Easy LunchBoxes Mini Dippers with almond butter for dipping.
Little Miss A has a smaller version of the same. Her lunch includes blackberries too packed in a LunchBots Uno stainless container.
And another cashew and dried cranberries snack packed in the new Easy LunchBoxes Mini Dippers that are now available.
My husband had leftovers from last night’s dinner. He has Hoppin John in the main compartment of his Easy LunchBoxes container, sugar snap peas at the top left and mini carrots in the top right compartment. The green heart is Avocado Cucumber dressing.
I have always been a fan of Hoppin’ John. It’s a flavorful dish traditionally made with rice, black eyed peas and ground beef or bacon served often in the Southern United States on New Year’s Day. I found this recipe for the plant based, meatless and healthier version on a website I admire by Chef Cathy Fisher and her website Straight Up Food. She also has a Facebook page where you can follow her at Straight Up Food on Facebook. This recipe is not just meatless. It’s dairy free, salt and oil free too. It’s also packed full of collard greens which aid in cholesterol lowering, cancer prevention and are high in vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, manganese, and calcium. We’ll be making it again. Please visit Straight Up Food here for the recipe!
Hoppin John with Avocado Cucumber Dressing by Cathy Fisher of Straight Up Food
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My big shout out this week goes to my kids’ teachers. I love my kids. They’re wild, fun and ran like a pack of small, cute wild animals last week while they were out of school. I am hoping that the teachers got a bit of a break because today it’s back to school for them.
My husband got a big spinach salad today with snow peas, carrots, tomatoes, and scallions. In the small striped containers are his ginger dressing. He also has green grapes and leftover Hoppin’ John (black eyed peas and rice) salad with tomatoes, scallions, italian parsley and celery seasoned with salt, lemon juice and garlic packed in his Easy Lunch Box.
Miss G has a seascape today. Now that we’re back to school it’s “S” week. The water is blue colored barley. The starfish is an almond butter and jam on whole wheat pita, the sun is a yellow tomato, the waves and whale are made from Veggy brand soy “cheese” and the whale’s eye is a piece of quinoa. The top right are watermelon stars and on the bottom right are green grapes and a plum octopus with Veggy cheese eyes and mouth all packed in her Easy Lunch Box.
In keeping with the “S” theme again today for little A, she has a whole wheat pita STOP sign sandwich. On the right are green grapes with a plum and watermelon heart on top and on the bottom right is a peeled clementine packed in her LunchBots Duo. Both girls have ice water with their lunches.
